Refuse-receptacle.



A. BURGGALLER. REFUSE REGEPTACLB APPLICATION FILED 1'33. 19, 1912.

1,062,270. Patented May 20, 1913.

' partly in sect-ion.

STATES rena Enron ADOLPH BURGGALLEB, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

REFUSE-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application filed. February 19, 1912. Serial No. 678,465.

Hudson and State of New Jersey, have 1n-:

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Refuse-Receptacles, ofwhich the followingis a specification. I

This invention relates to receptacles for waste materials, such ascuttings and other waste that accumulate on chopping or cutting blocksor tables, and the principal object of the same is to provide areceptacle for waste material in which novel means are provided fordistributing the material therein so that the outlet of the feeder willnot become choked or clogged, and also to provide a novel type of feederthat cooperates with the receptacle and which is provided with means forclosing the outlet of the feeder which are automatically operated bymaterial entering the feeder to open the outlet so that the materialwill flow to the receptacle.

In carrying out the objects of the invention as generally stated above,it will be understood, of course, that the essential features thereofare necessarily susceptible to change in details and structuralarrangements, one simple and practical embodiment of which is shown inthe accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an end view of achopping block or table showing this invention associated therewith, thefeeder being shown Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 isa fragmentary vertical sectional View of the feeder and receptacle.

The improved refuse receiver comprises a receptacle 1 that is preferablyof a size to permit the same to be disposed beneath a cutting orchopping table 2, the receptacle being preferably provided with externallugs or stops 8 that engage the legs of the table to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the receptacle. At one side, and preferably adjacent theupper portion of the receptacle, rod 4 extends longitudinally across thereceptacle, the rod 4 being disposed adjacent to one side of saidreceptacle. A scraper 5, preferably formed of fiat sheet metal, has itsupper edge portion 6 hinged to the rod 1, to permit the free lower edgeof the said scraper to swing toward, or away from, the

center of the receptacle 1. A rocker shaft 7 extends longitudinallyacross the receptaclel and one end thereof projects through and beyondone end of said receptacle and has a handle 8 mounted thereon so that bymanipulating the said handle 8 the shaft 7 can be readily rocked. Withinthe receptacle 1, shaft 7 carries a crank arm 9 that extends through aring, or eye, 10, carried by scraper 5. The free end 11 of crank 9 ispreferably curved so that it will not be accidentally disengaged fromthe ring 10'. As thus described, it will be clear that when the shaft 7is rocked, the crank 9 will impart a similar movement to the scraper 5,so that the material will be prevented from filling the side of thereceptacle. connection, it will be observed by referring In this 1 toFig. 3 of the drawings, that the bottom of the receptacle 1 is providedwith a guard 12 that has its upper surface curved to conform to the arcin which the lower edge of the scraper travels, the guard by means ofits enlarged end portion serving to prevent material getting behind thesaid scraper.

The waste material is fed to the receptacle 1 through a hopper 13 whichis carried by one end of the table 2 and may have its outlet, ordischarge end, 1 1 curved inward so that it will extend beneath thetable and discharge directly into said receptacle 1. The interior of thehopper is provided with a pair of trap doors'15, the upper ends of whichcarry pivot shafts 16 that are journaled in the ears 17 of said hopper.Arms 19 depend from the pivot shafts 16 and carry counterweights 20 thatnormally hold As is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, thereceptacle 1 is provided with a cover 21 that permits access to be hadto the interior of the receptacle. The cover is provided with an opening22 through which the discharge end 14: of the hopper projects.Preferably the discharge end 14 of the hopper fits snugly in the coveropening 22 so that flies and other insects cannot enter the receptacle.By this arrangement it will be seen that, as the doors 15 are normallyclosed, no odors can escape from the receptacle.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that this inventionprovides an eflicient receiver for waste materials that is of specialvalue in connection with meat chopping blocks, or other cutting standsor tables; that the described counterweighted doors provide simple meansfor keeping the feeder closed when material is not passing therethrough,and that the scraper in the receptacle provides simple means fordistributing the material so that the material will not pile.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. 'A receiver for waste material comprising a feeder, a receptacle, ascraper pivotally mounted in the receptacle and having a free lower end,a guard over whichthe scraper swings, said guard having its uppersurface curved to conform to the arc in which the free end of thescraperswings and having an enlarged end that serves as an abutment forpreventing material getting behind said scraper, said guard having itsupper surface curved to conform to the arc in which the lower end of thescraper swings, and means for operating the scraper.

2. A receiver for waste material comprising. a feeder, a receptacle, ascraper having its upper end pivotally mounted in the receptacle, a ringcarried by the scraper, a rocker shaft in the receptacle and having aprojecting end, a crank carried by the shaft and engaging the ring, anda handle carried by the projecting end of the rocker shaft.

3. In an apparatus of the character described the combination of afeeder adapted to be carried by a chopping table, a receiver adapted tobe fitted beneath the table and provided with table leg-engaging lugs,and a cover for the receiver provided with an opening with which thedischarge outlet of the feeder communicates.

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a receiver, ascraper pivotally mounted therein, a rocker shaft wit-hin the receiver,an eye carried by the scraper,

.a crank carried by the rocker shaft and having a curved free end thatextends through said eye, means for operating the shaft, and means forfeeding material to the receiver.

5. A device of the character described comprising a hopper-shaped feederprovided with pivot ears at opposite portions of its inlet end, the earsbeing arranged in pairs, doors within the hopper and having pivot shaftsat their upper ends, arms projecting from said shafts that are mountedin the ears, weights carried by said arms for normally holding the lowerends of the doors in contact, and a receiver in communication with theoutlet of the feeder.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ADOLPH BURGGALLER. Witnesses:

W'M. J. COTTERELL, EDWIN J. CoTTERnLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. G.

